# 4MA1 Mathematics A Oct/Nov 2020 Paper 2F (Foundation Tier Paper 2)

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE 4MA1 Mathematics A past paper 2F, Foundation Tier Paper 2, Oct/Nov 2020. Open it online or download the question paper PDF free.

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- Board: Edexcel
- Qualification: Pearson Edexcel International GCSE
- Subject: 4MA1 Mathematics A (https://mathvsarham.com/past-papers/4ma1/)
- Session: Oct/Nov 2020
- Paper: 2F (Foundation Tier Paper 2)
- Component code: 4MA1/2F
- Time allowed: 120 minutes
- Total marks: 100
- Pages: 24

## Question paper text

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Question 1
Here is a list of numbers.
[Diagram or table: see page 3 of the paper]
From this list, write down
(a) an even number
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) a multiple of 3
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) a prime number
Answer: ____ [1]
(d) a cube number
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 2
(a) Change 3 litres into millilitres.
Answer: ____ millilitres [1]
(b) Change 6500 grams into kilograms.
Answer: ____ kilograms [1]

Question 3
Paula asks 16 members of her class the number of pets they each have. Here are her results.
[Diagram or table: see page 4 of the paper]
(a) Complete the frequency table for her results.
[Diagram or table: see page 4 of the paper]
[2]
(b) Write down the mode for the number of pets.
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) Work out the range for the number of pets.
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 4
The table gives the minimum temperature for January 2018 in each of six cities.
[Diagram or table: see page 5 of the paper]
(a) Which of these six cities has the lowest minimum temperature?
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Work out the difference between the minimum temperature of Donetsk and the minimum temperature of Sydney.
Answer: ____ °C [1]
The minimum temperature in Edmonton for January 2018 was 50°C less than the minimum temperature in Mombasa for January 2018
(c) Work out the minimum temperature in Edmonton for January 2018
Answer: ____ °C [1]

Question 5
(a) Write these decimals in order of size. Start with the smallest decimal.
[Diagram or table: see page 6 of the paper]
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Write 0.6 as a percentage.
Answer: ____ % [1]
(c) Write 60/7 as a mixed number.
Answer: ____ [1]
(d) Work out the difference between 19/20 and 0.68
Give your answer as a decimal.
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 6
Here are the first five terms of a number sequence.
[Diagram or table: see page 7 of the paper]
(a) Write down the next term of the sequence.
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Explain how you worked out your answer.
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) Find the first number greater than 70 that is in the sequence.
Answer: ____ [2]
Ada says,
[Diagram or table: see page 7 of the paper]
(d) Is Ada correct? You must give a reason for your answer.
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 7
The diagram shows three points, A, B and C, marked on a grid.
[Diagram or table: see page 8 of the paper]
(a) Write down the coordinates of point A.
Answer: ( ____ , ____ ) [1]
The coordinates of the point D are (–2, –4)
(b) On the grid, mark with a cross (×) the position of D. Label the cross D. [1]
(c) Find the coordinates of the midpoint of BC.
Answer: ( ____ , ____ ) [2]
(d) On the grid, draw the line with equation x = 4 [1]

Question 8
Lucas is going on a country walk.
Lucas works out how long each part of his walk will take. This information is shown in the following table.
[Diagram or table: see page 9 of the paper]
Walk from home to Village A 20 minutes
Walk from Village A to Village B 35 minutes
Stop for lunch in Village B 1 hour 15 minutes
Walk from Village B to home 30 minutes
Lucas leaves home at 11 10
At what time will Lucas get home?
Answer: ____ [3]

Question 9
Below is a conversion graph to change between metres and feet.
[Diagram or table: see page 10 of the paper]
(a) Use the graph to change
(i) 10 metres to feet,
Answer: ____ feet
(ii) 50 feet to metres.
Answer: ____ metres [2]
Joss lives 820 metres above sea level. Nicky lives 2850 feet above sea level.
(b) Which is the greater, 820 metres or 2850 feet? You must show how you get your answer. [2]

Question 10
Hugo records the number of pairs of trainers sold in each of four shoe shops last Saturday. He is going to draw a pie chart for his results.
The incomplete table shows two of Hugo’s results and the sizes of three of the angles in his pie chart.
[Diagram or table: see page 11 of the paper]
Answer: ____
[Diagram or table: see page 11 of the paper]
One Stop Shoes 48
Answer: ____
Superfast Trainers 165°
Answer: ____
Complete the table. [4]

Question 11
Work out 23% of 450 millilitres.
Answer: ____ millilitres [2]

Question 12
(a) Write down all the factors of 9
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 15 and 70
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 13
The diagram shows the plan of Sophia’s gym floor.
[Diagram or table: see page 13 of the paper]
Sophia is going to paint all the gym floor.
Each tin of paint she is going to use covers an area of 20 m^2
There is a special offer on the paint that Sophia is going to buy.
[Diagram or table: see page 13 of the paper]
Work out the least amount of money that Sophia has to pay in order to buy all the paint she needs. Show your working clearly.
Answer: $ ____ [5]

Question 14
(a) Factorise 25f – 10
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Make y the subject of the formula c = 5y – h
Answer: ____ [2]
(c) Solve the inequality 4x + 7 > 2
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 15
[Diagram or table: see page 14 of the paper]
[2]

Question 16
The table shows information about the lengths of time, in minutes, 120 customers spent in a supermarket.
[Diagram or table: see page 15 of the paper]
(a) Write down the modal class.
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Work out an estimate for the mean length of time spent by the 120 customers in the supermarket.
Answer: ____ minutes [4]

Question 17
Here is a list of ingredients needed to make apple crumble for 6 people.
[Diagram or table: see page 16 of the paper]
Nadiya wants to make apple crumble for 14 people.
(a) Work out the amount of butter she needs.
Answer: ____ g [2]
Alison makes apple crumble for a group of people.
She uses 630 g of oats.
(b) Work out the number of people in the group.
Answer: ____ [2]
At a cake sale, Michael sells some lemon cakes and some chocolate cakes.
[Diagram or table: see page 17 of the paper]
Michael sells a total of 162 cakes.
(c) Work out the number of lemon cakes Michael sells.
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 18
[Diagram or table: see page 18 of the paper]
The diagram shows a parallelogram ABCD and an isosceles triangle DEF in which DE = DF
CDF and ADE are straight lines. Angle BCD = 58°
Work out the size of angle DEF. Give a reason for each stage of your working.
[Diagram or table: see page 18 of the paper]
Answer: ____ [5]

Question 19
Andreas, Isla and Paulo share some money in the ratios 3 : 2 : 5
The total amount of money that Isla and Paulo receive is £76 more than the amount of money that Andreas receives.
Andreas buys a video game for £48.50 with some of his share of the money.
Work out how much money Andreas has left from his share of the money when he has bought the video game.
Answer: £ ____ [4]

Question 20
Himari’s annual salary is 3 130 000 Japanese Yen (JPY). She gets a salary increase of 4%
(a) Work out Himari’s salary after this increase.
Answer: ____ JPY [3]
Kaito bought a car. The value of the car when Kaito bought it was 750 000 JPY. At the end of each year, the value of his car had depreciated by 15%
(b) Work out the value of Kaito’s car at the end of 3 years. Give your answer correct to the nearest JPY.
Answer: ____ _JPY [3]

Question 21
(a) Simplify g^6 × g^4
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Simplify (3cd^4)^2
Answer: ____ [2]
(c) Solve the simultaneous equations
[Diagram or table: see page 21 of the paper]
Show clear algebraic working.
Answer: x = ____
Answer: y = ____ [3]

Question 22
The diagram shows a right-angled triangle.
[Diagram or table: see page 22 of the paper]
Calculate the value of x. Give your answer correct to one decimal place.
Answer: x = ____ [3]

Question 23
The diagram shows an isosceles triangle.
[Diagram or table: see page 23 of the paper]
Work out the area of the triangle.
Answer: ____ cm^2 [4]

Question 24
The diagram shows a solid cylinder with radius 3 m.
[Diagram or table: see page 24 of the paper]
The volume of the cylinder is 72π m^3
Calculate the total surface area of the cylinder. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
Answer: ____ m^2 [5]